Sacker.



A.L.JOHNSON.

SACKER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1916.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

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To all whom-it concern: 1

Be it known that I, ALFRED LT Jorr vsoN, acitizen of the United States," residing in Ogden, county of Boone', and State 'of Iowa; have invented a new and'usefulf Improve ment in" Sackers, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention isto provide aniinproved construction for abag-filling device.

A further object of -this invention is to provide an improved receptacle =-adaptecl' to receive a quantity of grain, vegetables or the'like, and having a hinged bottomin the form of 'a chute through which such sub stance maybe delivered to a sack or bag. AKfurth'er object of this invention is" to provide improved means for supporting a bag-filling device.-

' A- further object of this *invent'io'n is t'o facilitate the sacking] of substances such as graiiror vegetables and permitsuch'-'- work -to'be done byoneperson througlrth'e use of l ade'vice which'sh'allcombine simplicity' and convenience with longevity. v d

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination" of elements strength, lightness and hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my drawing, in which Figure 1 1s a sidegelevatlon, partly 1n- 'sec-' I claims and illustratedby 'the accompanying tion', showing the bag filler" in position on the rack, dotted lines indicating open position-ofthefilling'chute; Fig. 2 isaifront* view of the device, showing only a portion of the supporting rack. Fig. 3 is a plan of the bag filler detached from the rack.

In the construction of the device as shown a hopper is provided and is formed of sheet metal, with a front wall 10, rear wall 11, and side walls 12, 13, preferably being formed in one piece, open at bottom and top, and formed with a rolled and wired upper margin. The hopper so formed preferably is of materially greater length and breadth at its top than at its bottom. A trough or chute lt is separately formed, preferably of sheet metal, and is hinged at its rear margin to the lower margin of the rear wall 11 of the hopper, said wall being formed with an elongated hinge member 16 to which are pivotally secured hinge members 17 on said trough or chute. The trough or chute 15 thus forms a hinged bottom for the hopper, and the side flanges thereof pro- Speci'ficati oiicf Letters lat-e afi ntdfp' 18,191.17; Application-flied A ia-1 27, me. 'Srial No. 93916;

fix ed atitsupperaend'on the outer face of the front 7 wall 10, extends downwardly and has itshooked lower end projecting through a hole 21 infthef bottom of the-=trou'glr15,

and adapted to engageaniar gin of s'aid hole at times and h-old the troughin closed po'si tionr A handle 22 may be fixed to the de tent 2-O,"intermediate 'ofthe ends thereoflror convenience in: manipulating'saiddetent, particularly for releasing orunlatching the same; Y'oke shaped slide bearings 23,24 are mounted-vertically oiiandsecured to and ad' ja'cent "the forward margins of the sidewalls 12, 13, and links 25, 26 are formed with eyes 27, 28 011 their upper ends'slidingly engag f ing saidslideb'earings. The lower ends-of the links 25, 26 are 'pivotally"secured in and intermediate "the ends of the'side flanges ofthe trough 15, thuspioviding wineries-fer limiting down-ward movement" of: the forward end of said trough, and holding it in thfeprop erjposition for delivering substances froin the hopper to a bag, such position being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Metal stra'p's29 are spacedap'art and fixed at-on'eend each to the lower margin of the rear wall 11, project rearwardly in substantially the plane of the bottom of the hopper, are then bent at angles and extend upwardly in a vertical plane substantially at right angles to their first course, are secured at their upper ends to the upper portion of the said rear wall, and project rearwardly and downwardly from such point of fastening in the form of hooks 30, by which the device may be suspended from a suitable support.

I prefer to construct a special form of supporting rack for the device, which consists of spaced uprights 31, 32 secured together by vertically spaced cross-bars 33, 34, 35; and sills 36 fixed to the lower ends of said uprights and projecting at right angles thereto, said sills adapted to rest on the ground or other supporting surface and maintain the uprights, in vertical position.

The cross-bar 34 provides a suitable place for engagement of the hooks to support the hopper and devices attached thereto; and the lower cross-bar 35 forms a bearing for the lower portions of the straps 29, where they are spaced from the bottom of the hopper, to hold the bottom of the hopper away from the rack and maintain the bottom of the device in substantially a horizontal plane, or even with the forward end a trifle higher than the rear end, as shown. This provides a strong, convenient and portable means for supporting the bag filling device proper.

In practical use substances such as grains, potatoes, apples or anything else which it is desired to sack is placed in the hopper, the trough bottom 15 first being closed and latched. If desired the hopper may be made of a known capacity, so as to partake also of the characteristics of a measuring device, to deliver a known quantity of sub stance to each sack. When the desired quantity of substance has been placed in the hopper, a bag is held with its mouth over the mouth of the trough or chute 15, which, particularly with the aid of the wing 18, 19, has the efiiect of spreading the mouth of the bag. I prefer to form burred or roughened surfaces such as 37 on the bottom of the forward end of the trough, and on the wings 18, 19, to assist in maintaining the mouth of the bag in proper position for filling; or if desired other devices such as hooks (not shown) may be employed for this purpose. The detent 20 is then pressed rearwardly at its lower end, as by pressing on the handle 22, and disengaged from the hole 21, thereby permitting the trough 15 to articulate on its hinges,-the forward end dropping down, with the bag, to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1,

where it is held by the links 25, 26. Thereupon the substance in the hopper is discharged by gravity into the sack or bag.

A small chute 88 preferably is formed on the bottom of the trough 15, encompassing the hole 21, and open at its forward end, so that when the device is employed for small grains any of the substance which may pass through the hole 21 will be delivered by said small chute 38 to the bag.

I claim as my invention 7 1. In a bag filler, a hopper, a horizontally arranged trough pivoted at its inner end to and forming a bottom for the hopper, said trough at its free end extending beyond the hopper front and having lateral inwardly curved wings to form a chute-like discharge and being formed to receive and engage a bag or the like, said trough having a hole in its bottom, a latch connected to the hopper and engaged through said hole to hold the trough closed, and a member secured to the trough bottom beneath said .hole and open atits front to trap material passing through said hole and to discharge same into the bag or the like when the trough is in discharging position.

2. In a bag filler, a hopper, a pivoted trough forming a bottom for the hopper, stationary substantially vertical guide rods fixed at their ends to the sides of the hopper so as to leave space between saidv sides of the hopper and the major portions of the rods, links pivoted at their lower ends to the sides of the trough, and eyes on the upper ends of the links receiving said guide rods therethrough and sliding in the space between the guide rods and hopper sides, said eyes being engageable with the lower ends of the guide rods to hold the hopper bottom in down position.

ALFRED L. JOHNSON.

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